The effect of foreign buyers is a highly localised one. Much of the country has low rates of non NZ buyers, but some areas of Auckland as well as Queenstown have much higher rates than the rest of the country.
These results exclude sales to corporate entities (10% in March 2018).
March 2018 percentage of residential property sales from those that don’t have NZ citizenship or a residents visa (where the affiliation is known). Those areas which are labelled NA have been supressed due to a low sample size.
| Area | Buyers | Sellers |
|---|---|---|
| Queenstown-Lakes District | 9.7 | 6.9 |
| Auckland | 7.3 | 3.3 |
| Hamilton City | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Invercargill City | 3.8 | 1.3 |
| New Zealand | 3.3 | 1.5 |
| Rotorua District | 2.7 | NA |
| Christchurch City | 2.6 | 0.8 |
| Dunedin City | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Thames-Coromandel District | 2.1 | NA |
| Wellington City | 2.1 | 1.4 |
| Lower Hutt City | 1.8 | NA |
| Palmerston North City | 1.4 | NA |
| Waikato District | 1.4 | NA |
| Far North District | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Selwyn District | 1.3 | NA |
| Taupo District | 1.3 | NA |
| Tauranga City | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Area | Buyers | Sellers |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1083 | 501 |
| Auckland | 678 | 306 |
| Christchurch City | 72 | 21 |
| Hamilton City | 60 | 6 |
| Queenstown-Lakes District | 42 | 30 |
| Wellington City | 27 | 18 |
| Dunedin City | 21 | 15 |
| Invercargill City | 18 | 6 |
| Tauranga City | 15 | 6 |
| Lower Hutt City | 12 | NA |
| Rotorua District | 12 | NA |
| Palmerston North City | 9 | NA |
| Thames-Coromandel District | 9 | NA |
| Far North District | 6 | 9 |
| Selwyn District | 6 | NA |
| Taupo District | 6 | NA |
| Waikato District | 6 | NA |